Thread: Oh what a feeling

Originally Posted by George130

Hand brake and foot brake not enough to overcome the power. Once he hit the 180km/h he turned the engine off. Car went into instant spin

I wonder if that was because he still had the handbrake on?

Nearly 50 years ago when I'd just got my licence, I had a brake failure on my Vauxhall. I was travelling at about 60km/h and I yanked on the handbrake. That locked up the rear wheels and I very nearly spun.

Last winter, this happened to me in my Isuzu 110. The accelerator cable froze on full noise. I thought that it was running away on me.. so I didn't want to depress the clutch unless it was a last resort.

Luckily I just switched it off and bounced along the side of the road for a bit once I'd slowed down. The worst part was fumbling around on a -8 degree morning trying to work out what happened on my way to work.

I was only doing 60km/h and it scared the pants off me. It would be a truly horrifying experience at highway speeds with a car that you can't turn off.